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But now God has taken away my strength. He has taken away all my family.

God gives me over to bad men. He throws me into the hands of the sinful.

My friends make fun of me. My eyes pour out tears to God.

If only a man could give reasons to God, as a man does for his neighbor!

But the one who is right with God will hold to his way. And he who has clean hands will become stronger and stronger.

For sure, these are the houses of the sinful. This is the place of him who does not know God."

You will know then that God has wronged me, and has set a trap around me.

Have pity on me. Have pity on me, O you my friends. For the hand of God has hit me.

Why do you make it hard for me as God does? Have I not suffered enough to please you?

Even after my skin is destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

He eats riches, but will spit them up. God will take them out of his stomach.

When he fills his stomach, God will send His great anger on him. He will send it on him while he is eating.

This is what God has for sinful men. It is what God chooses to give to them."

Their houses are safe from fear. And the punishment of God does not come upon them.

They say to God, ‘Leave us alone! We do not want to know Your ways.

"How many times is the lamp of the sinful put out, that their trouble comes upon them? How often does God send trouble to them in His anger?

You say, ‘God stores up a man's punishment for his sons.' Let God punish him so that he may know it.

Can anyone teach God anything, when He judges those on high?

"Can a man be of use to God? Can a wise man be of use to himself?

Is it because of how you honor God that He speaks strong words to you and punishes you?